Portable shielded booth and walls



Jan. 7, 1958 c. J. BROUSSARD 2,818,928

PORTABLE SHIELDED BOOTH AND WALLS Filed Feb. 14, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1WM INVENTOR. CharZes c/TBro u ssard ATTD RNEYS Jan. 7, 1958 c. J.BROUSSARD ,8

PORTABLE SHIELDED BOOTH VAND WALLS Filed Feb. 14. 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR. (372617-265 cZBrou ssard wayzew a ATTU RN EYS PORTABLESHIELDED BOOTH AND WALLS Charles J. Broussard, Lake Charles, La.,assignor of one half to W. T. Castleberry, Houston, Tex.

Application February 14, 1956, Serial No. 565,506

3 Claims. (Cl. 169-1) This invention relates to a portable shield orbooth, and more particularly to a portable shield or booth for use infighting or extinguishing fires in oil wells and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a portable shielded boothwhich will permit persons to approach close to a raging fire so that thefire can be extinguished without the persons getting injured or hurt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a portable shielded boothwhich includes a hollow member that can be used for holding equipment orpersons that are to fight the fire and wherein water is adapted to becirculated around the body so as to cool the device, and the devicebeing mounted on wheels so that is can be readily transported or movedas desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a portable shielded boothwhich is extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming :a part of this application, andin which like numerals are used to designate like parts throughout thesame.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the booth, with. parts broken away and insection.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken through one of the conduits or pipesshowing the insulation thereon.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral designates a hollowbody member which may have a frusto-conical shape and wherein the upperend of the body 10 may be of greater diameter than the lower endthereof. The body member 10 may include a side wall 11 and if desiredthe body member 10 may be formed of two similar sections. The bodymember 10 may further include a horizontally disposed bottom wall 14which has an extension 15 that projects beyond the lower end of the bodymember 10. An annular horizontally disposed flange 16 extends outwardlyfrom the top of the body member 10.

The device or booth is adapted to be supported on wheels such as thecaster wheels 17 so that the booth can be moved readily from place toplace as desired.

Arranged contiguous to the upper end of the booth and surrounding thewall 11 are annular conduits 18 and 19. Arranged adjacent the lower endof the booth are annular or circular conduits 20 and 21, and the variousconduits may be interconnected by means of pipes or conduits 22 and 23.Conduits 24 are adapted to be connected to a suitable source of fluidsuch as water under pressure whereby this fluid can be introduced intothe various conduits. Other pipes or conduits 25 may be provided for theegress therethrough of water after the water has circulated through thevarious conduits. The water from the conduit 25 may be directed onto araging oil or gas well fire or the like. The upper sets of connitedStates atent O 2,818,928 Patented Jan. 7, 1958 2 duits 18 and 19 may beinterconnected together by pipes or tubes 26.

As shown in Figure 4, the various pipes such as the pipes 22 may beprovided with apertures 27 whereby these apertures or openings 27 willpermit water from the pipes 22 to be discharged or sprayed onto the wall11 of the body member 10 so that the body member 10 will be adequatelyor properly cooled. The body member 10 may have its walls made of 'asuitable fire resistant material such as asbestos. The various pipes maybe covered with insulation 28 so as to protect the fluid passingtherethrough from the excessive heat of the fire.

As shown in Figure 2 the upper end of the body member 10 is open so thatequipment or personnel may be placed in the device before it is moved tothe vicinity of the fire. The booth 10 will act as a water cooledentrenchment which will offer protection for equipment or personnel thatmay fight the fire.

One of the sections used in forming the body member 10 is shown inFigure 3 and it is seen that such a section which is indicated generallyby the numeral 29 includes coplanar flanges 30. The flat or coplanarflanges 30 of one section 29 are adapted to abut the flanges 30 of theother section 29 when the device is in its assembled position, and theflanges 30 of one section may be secured to the flanges 30 of the othersection in any suitable manner.

The conduits such as the conduits 18 and 19 and the conduits 20 and 21form circular sections when the entire device is assembled as shown inFigures 1 and 2. However, the conduits 18, 19, 20 and 21 may have asemicircular shape as shown in Figure 3 when the sections 29 aredetached from each other.

Braces 31 may be provided for strengthening or reinforcing the variouspartswhere necessary.

From the foregoing, it is apparent that there has been provided aportable shield or booth which is especialy suitable for use in fightingfires such as fires that occur in oil or gas wells or the like. In use,the personnel or equipment may be loaded into the housing 10 and thenwater can be circulated through the various conduits and such water orother cooling fluid can be supplied from a suitable source of fluidunder pressure through the pipes or conduits 24. This fluid will keepthe walls of the housing 10 cool and also additional cooling will besupplied by some of the fluid which will pass out through the apertures27, Figure 4, and the fluid will thus be sprayed onto the wall 11 tohelp cool the device. Due to the provision of the wheels 17, the devicecan be readily moved from place to place as desired. The device caneither be towed or pushed to the vicinity of the fire whereby the hollowspace in the body member 10 provides a safe area from which the firefighters may extinguish or fight the fire. The water issuing through theapertures 27 will be sprayed onto the wall 11 to help cool the wall andif desired the water which issues through the conduits 25 can be sprayedonto the fire to help extinguish or fight the tire.

Due to the provision of the various interconnecting conduits or pipes,the cooling water can circulate completely around the booth. The variouspipes may be covered with insulation such as the insulation 28 shown inFigure 4. The device may be loaded on a truck or trailer if desired orelse it can be towed behind a vehicle along the highway. A hoist orwinch can be used for lift ing the device if desired. If desiredsuitable windows can be provided whereby persons within the device canlook out through the wall 11. The wall 11 may be made of or covered withfire resistant material such as asbestos. The device can be made in anydesired size or shape and of any suitable material. The exhaust watercan be used for fighting the tire by having suitable hoses connectedthereto. The booth will protect the fire fighters from harm while doingtheir duty so that the fire fighters can advance close to the fire.Also, the various tools and equipment can be stowed in the body member10. Where desired, asbestos curtains can be used. The device can be usedfor fighting other fires such as fires resulting from incendiary bombs.

I claim:

1. A portable fire fighting booth comprising a hollow body member, saidbody member including a side wall and a horizontally disposed bottomwall, said body member being made of a fire resistant material, and aplurality of conduits arranged contiguous to the outer-surface of saidbody member and adapted to have a cooling fluid pass therethrough, saidconduits having insulation arranged therearound, and wheels forsupporting said booth, said conduits being arranged in upper and lowersections, pipes interconnecting said conduits together, there beingapertures in certain of said pipes for egress therethrough of fluid ontosaid body member, said body member having a frusto-conical shape, thetop of said body member being of greater diameter than the bottomthereof.

2. A portable fire fighting booth comprising a hollow body member, saidbody member including a side wall and a horizontally disposed bottomwall, said body memher being made of a fire resistant material, and aplurality of conduits arranged contiguous to the outer surface of saidbody member and adapted to have a cooling fluid pass therethrough, saidconduits having insulation arranged there-around, and wheels forsupporting said booth, said conduits being arranged in upper and lowersections, pipes interconnecting said conduits together, there beingapertures in certain of said pipes for the egress therethrough of fluidonto said body member, said body member having a frusto-conical shape,the top of said body member being of greater diameter than the bottomthereof, a horizontally disposed annular "flange extending outwardlyfrom the top of said body member, and braces extending between saidconduits and secured thereto.

3. In a portable fire fighting booth, a hollow body member, said bodymember being formed of two similar sections, said body member embodyinga side wall and a horizontally disposed bottom wall, said body memberbeing made of a fire resistant material, a plurality of conduitsarranged contiguous to the outer surface of said body member and adaptedto have a cooling fluid pass therethrough, said conduits havinginsulation arranged therearound so as to protect the fluid passingtherethrough from the excessive heat of the fire, wheels for supportingsaid booth whereby the booth can be moved readily from place to place asdesired, said conduits being arranged in upper and lower sections, pipesinterconnecting said conduits together, there being apertures in certainof said pipes for the egress therethrough of fluid onto said bodymember, the fluid adapted to be directed onto a raging oil or gas wellfire or the like, said body member having a frusto-conic'al shape, thetop of said body member being of greater diameter than the bottomthereof, a horizontally disposed annular flange extending outwardly fromthe top of said body member, braces extending between said conduits andsecured thereto, the upper end of the body member being open so thatequipment or personnel may be placed in the booth before it is movedinto the vicinity of the fire and wherein the booth will act as a watercooled entrenchment which will otter protection for equipment orpersonnel that may be used in fighting the fire.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,934,008 Rzeminiecki Nov. 7, 1933 2,629,988 Lee Mar. 3, 1953 2,742,268Tarr Apr. 17, 1956

